A new day, a new game and time to turn the page. 2.0 sets the meta of the previous game on its head, shifting the focus from a pure PVP game of aerial supremacy to one of conquest and strategy to control influence points on the map.

Intrinsic to this new game mode is the bomber class, something completely new to the game that arrived alongside this new battle mode. Functioning somewhat like the ground attack aircraft that have always been in the game, there are some very large differences between the two that I cover here.

This video, in addition to being a review of the Blenheim Mk IV, is also an introduction to the concept of high altitude level bombing in the new game, the thinking and planning that goes into playing an effective bomber, and what equipment and crew skills a rookie bomber pilot should be looking to collect!

Good hunting!

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, Paris, 13 Nov. 1787

Your in a bomber leading a group of fellow NPC or human bombers, you fly to the target get intercepted by fighters, drop of your bombs, get your live tail out of there and try to leave the map alive. If you die, no respawns.

I love bombing. Especially in the A-26. The level of salt that comes out of fighter jocks (especially people in low altitude single engine light fighters) when they get killed after climbing up to 3km and proceeding to sit on my tail in clear view of all my .50 cals is glorious. If you're going to climb up to me and then sit on my tail flying in a straight line shooting me, don't complain when you get shot down by my tail gunners. I'm not a ground attack plane, I can actually defend myself.

I love bombing. Especially in the A-26. The level of salt that comes out of fighter jocks (especially people in low altitude single engine light fighters) when they get killed after climbing up to 3km and proceeding to sit on my tail in clear view of all my .50 cals is glorious. If you're going to climb up to me and then sit on my tail flying in a straight line shooting me, don't complain when you get shot down by my tail gunners. I'm not a ground attack plane, I can actually defend myself.

Good stuff! I'm currently working on unlocking the A-26B Invader for free; she was one of my favorites to fly during the 2.0 test, though. Don't be afraid to mix it up with her! With her heavy package of nose mounted 50 cals, she is more than capable of going low for some treetop level Ploesti raid style bombing! Her hefty health pool and armor ensures that she has high endurance down there, and her long range high dps tailguns will pile on the damage into the furball just above you as you obliterate ground objects with pinpoint accuracy!

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, Paris, 13 Nov. 1787

Good stuff! I'm currently working on unlocking the A-26B Invader for free; she was one of my favorites to fly during the 2.0 test, though. Don't be afraid to mix it up with her! With her heavy package of nose mounted 50 cals, she is more than capable of going low for some treetop level Ploesti raid style bombing! Her hefty health pool and armor ensures that she has high endurance down there, and her long range high dps tailguns will pile on the damage into the furball just above you as you obliterate ground objects with pinpoint accuracy!

Oh, without a doubt. But there's still something appealing about dropping bombs from super high up and annihilating anyone who dares approach you. It's also a much better environment to farm salt from single engine fighter players who are too used to being able to do the job of a heavy fighter.

...so just use it to shoot at anything that it can...it won't overheat, ever.

WoWP makes a great jousting game...especially with the 262 and people busy in furballs...
I am deaf, silent, and fly with unrealistic controls. Do not count on me to carry - my back's already broken from overweight.

Nice video Magus, helped to clarify a few things for me. One thing I did/do is line up both reticles, the control and the aim. Not sure what it does to plane, ie., nose dive?, but I initially thought it helped my aim. Not sure anymore. No instructions, until now. Perhaps in doing so, slows the plane for better accuracy? Not sure how to see what plane is doing, when I line up both circles?

And zoom (middle mouse button/wheel for me) works for the aim so one can isolate the target even more. Didn'tr know about the 360, that's very helpful, thanks pyangtoryng.

Nice video Magus, helped to clarify a few things for me. One thing I did/do is line up both reticles, the control and the aim. Not sure what it does to plane, ie., nose dive?, but I initially thought it helped my aim. Not sure anymore. No instructions, until now. Perhaps in doing so, slows the plane for better accuracy? Not sure how to see what plane is doing, when I line up both circles?

And zoom (middle mouse button/wheel for me) works for the aim so one can isolate the target even more. Didn'tr know about the 360, that's very helpful, thanks pyangtoryng.

I don't know if lining the two up improves accuracy or not; I haven't tested that aspect of it out as I'm usually trying to hit four separate targets on each bombing run I make.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, Paris, 13 Nov. 1787

I got this last night. I'm following the advice and destroying targets and I'm consistently the first or second top player in the round but we still lose. Is it a matter of playing at night against one or two human players who can dominate our team's bots?

As for the two target reticles, I'd imagine that the large one is solely meant to change the direction of the plane. I still wind up using the W and S keys to speed up or slow down in bomb sight mode.

It is very difficult for a single player to affect the outcome of the game, especially in a bomber. Just do your best, always be dropping bombs and avoiding distraction. Take solace in the fact that win or lose the Blenny bomber will rake in tons of credits and experience for being only tier III.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, Paris, 13 Nov. 1787

Got it just before the patch, just in time to play a couple of battles.

Its more fun than I'd expected likely to get pretty repetitive as I play more though.

Bombs reload waaaaaay faster than Heavy Fighter bombs, you make a pass across a cap, extend a few secs & turn then they're reloaded already.

Makes me much more concerned about getting rid of them than I had been but the planes I've got in that tier aren't really up to going after these.

Got a kill on an enemy Blenheim

360 turret would explain how that was counted as a tailgun kill which had surprised me at the time since I was behind it.

Definitely important to be flying straight when dropping, was able to spot where several bombs landed when I released them while turning & they were a long way off compared to ones dropped while flying straight.

One battle was all bots except me & one guy in other team, nobody at all tried to come up to me so had free reign

But incredibly frustrating trying to actually cap since the bots were incapable of finishing off last buildings that hadn't been killed by bombs (should be less of an issue now I accelerated to 2 skill points & put on DE) & then the bots died.

Took so long ground targets kept re-spawning, had to re-kill so it took at least 3/4 of the battle to eventually get the cap, I think 24k total ground target dmg

The black reticle is just your steering indicator, plane turns to follow it like in normal mode.